Clarion 1945-04-11 Vol 24 No 08

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By Gene Nyman
THE BETHEL CLARION Vol. XXIV — No. 8
BETHEL ,,INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota
April 11, 1945
STUDENTS RESUME ALUMNI BANQUET
WORK ON SPIRE TO BE FRIDAY 13th
"Sales Must Increase
Says Editor
The production of the '45 Spire
is again underway. Enough ob-jection
to the cessation of work
was made by the student body to
warrant its completion. William
McBirnie and Gerald Smith, who
have had much experience in pub-lication
work, are assisting in the
business administration and the
subscription campaign.
Pictures of the various student
groups will be taken next Wednes-day.
Students will be allowed to
leave class according to the picture
schedule.
The written material for the book
is almost completed. However, one
hundred per cent student coopera-tion
is still a requisite to the
book's publication. Unless sales
for the book and contracts for ad-vertising
come in more rapidly in
the next week, the situation will
again demand stoppage of work.
If students wish to sell Spires
consult Bill Thompson. Advertis-ing
is managed by Bill Peterson.
To quote the editor, "It is diffi-cult
to have confidence in promises
without works."
Ex-Gambler
Speaks
Tuesday, March 27, the freshmen
presented a talent program in the
colllege chapel featuring Mr. Paul
Ebling, an ex-gambler, as guest
speaker.
The evening of entertainment
opened with a five-piece orchestra
from the college, composed of Na-thalie
Anderson, Bob Nelson, Mary
Lou Rademacher, Neva Liljemark,
and Doris J. Johnson, playing "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic." The
orchestra accompanied the group in
community singing which was led
by Bill Peterson, and also played
"El Rancho Grande," requested by
Lorene Jansson.
Bob Daley, acting as master of
ceremonies, introduced Neva Lilje-mark
who sang "Indian Love Call."
MaeBelle Anderson gave a mono-logue
dramatizing a scene between
Harold Carlson and Jane Larson.
Other special numbers included
trumpet solos by Bob Nelson, a
number by the girls' trio, and a pi-ano
solo by Nathalie Anderson.
Mr. Eblings, who is a member of
the First Baptist Church of Minne-apolis,
revealed various tricks and
devices used by professional gam-blers.
The climax of his message
was a stirring appeal for all the
listeners to bear a positive, vital
Christian testimony.
Arian Chorus
PlansConcerts
Friday, April, 13, the thirty-seven
voice Arian Chorus will sing at the
Alumni Banquet in the college cha-pel.
Definite plans have been made
for a trip to Cambridge Saturday,
April 21, where they will sing at a
Singpiration which will be held in
the High School Auditorium and
will be sponsored by the churches
of Isanti county. Other plans are
being made for more appearances
and these, as yet, are tentative.
Some of the numbers which the
Arian Chorus will present are:
"Were You There?" arr. by H. T.
Burleigh, "Every Time I Feel the
Spirit" arr. by Wm. Henry Smith,
"Let Us All With Gladsome Voice"
by Langhans, "No Candle was
There and No Fire," by Gostling,
and "The Lord's Prayer" by Ma-lotte.
To date, the chorus has sung at
the First Swedish Baptist Church
in Minneapolis during the meetings
of Founder's Week, at the St. Paul
Singspiration in Stem Hall, and at
the First Covenant Church in St.
Paul for the evening services on
Palm Sunday.
(I never dreamed I'd ever qual-ify
as a poor man's Dorothy Dix.
I can remember when I was not at
all interested in girls—then I
started kindergarten. I recall dad
catching me sneaking a look in the
ladies' section of the Montgomery
Ward catalogue. He blistered my
trousers and from that time on my
standing was assured.)
Now that banquet season is ap-proaching
it is advisable that
men's attention be called to cer-tain
rules of etiquette. A date is
of prime consideration. Of course
the approach is most important. If
you know the girl already, the bat-tle
is half won. Otherwise it is
savoir faire (French for correct
form) to wangle an introduction
from a mutual friend. It is neces-sary
to remember who should be
introduced to whom. It is coup
d'etat (French for correct form) to
present the gentleman to the lady.
Some notable exceptions are the
President of the United States, the
Maharajah of Indore, a prospective
customer, and the owner of a "C"
card.
Bethel Servicees
Visit Campus
Lieutenant and Mrs. G1 e n
(Shine) Swanson visited Bethel on
Wednesday, April 4. Shine gradu-ated
from Marine Officers' Candi-date
School on March 28, and re-turned
to the cities where, on
March 31, he was united in mar-riage
to Miss Margaret Erickson
of Brainerd, Minnesota. The new-lyweds
are to be stationed at Camp
Le Jeune, North Carolina.
Robert Nelson, S1/c, visited Be-thel
Wednesday and Thursday,
April 4 and 5. He has completed
his training in the Aircrewman
Branch of the Navy Air Corps and
has transferred into V-5. His Flor-ida
tan was ample proof of the
summer temperature there. It was
94 degrees in Jacksonville on
March 28.
Bob was very enthusiastic about
plans to start a Youth for Christ
Rally in Jacksonville. He has been
using his nightly liberties doing
secretarial work in the Baptist
church there.
If you are doing the introducing
and can't remember a name, ren-der
something like "Miss Fuss-mugwump"
as if you had a mouth-ful
of mush, together with a mum-bled
emphasis upon any syllable. It
is qu' importe (French for correct
form) for your friend to request
you to repeat her name. If he does
—well, let him get his own date.
If you have no mutual friend
you may be able to effect an ac-quaintanceship
by offering to carry
her books, by your skill at marbles
or handsprings, or by tripping her
neatly. (Use last method only in
emergencies.)
. . . . This should help break the
ice. I hope to help you further by
dealing in future articles with such
matters as telephone etiquette,
calling cards, and the meanings of
flowers. Bishop Coxe states it so
beautifullly in "The Singing of
Birds," (and I quote verbatim):
"Flowers are words which even a
babe may understand."
(I think he meant baby.)
Dr. Ernest Smith
Chosen Guest Speaken
The annual Bethel Alumni Asso-ciation
Banquet will be held Friday
evening, April thirteenth, in the
Junior College chapel, beginning at
seven o'clock.
The program committee, headed
by Robert- Otto, is busy preparing
a very interesting evening for all
who plan to attend.
They are literally "turning the
tables" upon the unlucky day on
which the banquet falls, and are
using as their theme, BLAST THE
BOGUS.
Dr. Ernest Smith, a graduate of
Northern Baptist Seminary and a
former army chaplain, who is at
present the president of Sioux
Falls College, has been secured as
the main speaker for the occasion.
Dr. Smith is a young, versatile and
energetic personality with a dyna-mic
message for youth.
Other special numbers on the
program thus far include numbers
by the Arian Chorus and trumpet
selections by Bob Nelson.
Tickets for the dinner are $1.45
per plate and are on sale in the
main office of the college building.
In past years, the attendance at
these banquets has numbered be-tween
one hundred and fifty to two
hundred. This year, however, with
all friends and students not only
invited, but urged to attend, it is
hoped to bring that total attend-ance
to three hundred or more.
Two Bethel
Girls Wed
On March 21, Miss Grace Lar-son,
who attended Bethel the first
semester of this year, was united
in marriage to Robert Sturm, USN,
at Clatskanie, Oregon. The can-dlelight
ceremony, which took
place at the Baptist Church, was
performed by the bride's father;
Rev. Ole Larson. After a short
leave, the groom left for Richmond
California, for re-assignment and
the bride returned to Seattle.
Another Bethelite, Miss Juanita
Barfknecht was married March 2
to Corporal Anthony L. Sabetti at
the post chapel at Camp Maxey,
Texas, where he is stationed. The
couple are making their home at
Paris, Texas.
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By Robert Hails
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
"The Lord is my Shepherd"—
Thus began the comforting words
of the Psalmist read on this par-ticular
afternoon.
One of the faithful saints of the
church was suffering terribly from
a fatal stroke. She was ashen of
face, paralyzed from the waist
down, in a state of semi-conscious-ness,
and very near the gates of
death. Her roving eyes failed to
focus on her past, though she rec-ognized
his voice. Suddenly there
registered in her turbulent mind
and heart these words, "The Lord
is my Shepherd."
Her moaning ceased, all irration-al
utterances were quieted; and
with a peaceful smile upon her
face she listened to the remaining
words of this chapter. And when
he finished she was resting quiet-ly.
Why did these five words still
the tempest? Why did they bring
such peace to a dying woman? Be-cause
these words were part of a
dying Christian's life.
Support
The 7th
War Loan
Every dollar put away in war
bonds during April, May and June
will count toward the war bond
quota of the 7th War loan and will
count mightily in the drive for vic-tory.
It is a big quota because it
is a big war, but there will be only
two war loan drives in 1945. That
means that in this 7th war loan
more bonds must be purchased
than ever before.
Remember every dollar invested
in war bonds is helping to pay for
the planes, tanks, ships, ammuni-tion,
and the important medical and
hospital supplies to bring the boys
back quickly so that they may
share the plans and hopes of the
post-war world. Remember, too,
that war bonds -are designed to
play an important part in the fu-ture
as well as the present.
For the past three years you
have been investing in the bonds,
especially designed for your pro-tection,
for behind the bonds is the
guaranteie of the United States
government. In a message to war
bond purchasers, the Secretary of
the. Treasury stated, "I can assure
you that the government will stand
back of the bond and fulfill every
provision in it. It will be paid pre-cisely
and exactly according to the
terms under which it was issued."
The Lord was her Shepherd. The
Prince of Peace, the King of Kings,
the Bread of Life had become to a
little pain-stricken lady, a living
Shepherd.
The Lord was her Shepherd. She
knew Him; had walked and talked
with Him; and had sat at His feet.
He was her "mother of comfort,"
and in this trial He belonged to
her.
Then, too, the Lord was her
Shepherd. It was He who bound
her wounds. It was He who carried
her as a lamb back to the fold. It
was His rod and staff that would
comfort her in the "valley of the
s h a do w of death," Christian
Friends.
Yes, some day this dying Saint's
experience will be yours and mine.
When we are at the end of Life's
road and are ready to plunge into
the dark abyss of Death, what a
, comfort it will then be to peace-fully
rest and say, "The Lord is
my Shepherd."
From the
Editor's
Mail Box
I just finished reading your last
copy. I am glad you came back.
I was just about to ask my hus-band
if they had quit printing you.
You see, I'm not a "Bethelite ;" but
rather a "Bethelite's" wife. How-ever,
I enjoy you very much. Don't
let them neglect you again.
I am thankful to God, my Sa-viour,
that my husband is a stu-dent
at Bethel. When he comes
home and tells of the many bless-ings
he recives at school I wish I
were attending also. I am a Bethel
booster.
You are about the only scource
I have of knowing what happens
over there. You see my husband
is too busy with translating of Ger-man
or looking for birds to say
much about what happens. Please
keep coming.
Sincerely,
Colossians 2:5-7
Keep buying bonds and hold
them to maturity for they are de-signed
to favor those who hold
them the longest. Save now for the
needs of post-war days by pur-chasing
war bonds in the 7th War
Loan.
In Jorhat, Assam, there is a Bap-tist
school to train-native workers
to bring to their own people the
Lord Jesus Christ, and His power
to save people from sin.
Dr. and Mrs. Cook are supervis-ors
of the school. Dr. Cook is still
on the field but Mrs. Cook is here
at home. She is residing in the
district that is served by student
pastor Joel Anderson.
Although the school is equipped
to accommodate many, there are
few students because of lack of
money with which to pay the fees
charged by the school.
There are no business concerns
like Montgomery Ward, American
Can, Walgreens, or Snyders where
students are able to secure employ-ment
as the students here at Be-thel
may. The obstacle, then, is
money to be used as payment for
tuition, board, room, and so on.
This obstacle seemed insurmount-able,
but Dr. and Mrs. Cook had
enough faith to ask God to make
it possible for these natives to come
to school to receive instruction in
winning souls into the Kingdom
of God.
At the same time that Dr. and
Mrs. Cook were asking God to help
in this matter, God was speaking
to students at Bethel and students
responded by starting a fund to be
used by the natives of Jorhat who
are called by God to be ministers
of the Gospel to their own people.
The situation may be illustrated
by two cliffs with a canyon be-tween
them. There is no bridge to
connect them, but one could be con-structed.
Let's construct this bridge -
to Jorhat by giving generously to
the Missionary Band when we are
requested to, for it is through the
Missionary Band that Bethel in Jor-hat
can be firmly established. Sure -
ly we here at Bethel want to share
with others the Gospel message.
Missionary Band is giving us an
opportunity to express our attitude
toward missionary outreach. Let's
express our attitudes eagerly.
—William Thompson.
A little black baby was born today
In a far-off heathen land;
And, the mother's heart was tender and warm
As she kissed the tiny black hand,
A little white baby was born today, f
With rose-petal hands and feet—
A precious baby to cherish and love,
A baby kept safe and sweet.
Two little babies were born today,
Two small new souls came to earth;
Black and white, in our Lord's eyes
Their souls are of equal worth.
But the little black baby was born into filth,
Into ignorance and disease;
And the little dark eyes will look early on sin.
Will we sit at home at our ease
While the little black baby grows into a man,
And sinks into vice and shame,
And comes at last to the end of his days,
And never has heard the Name—
The Name that saves—the Name that redeems?
Because we counted the cost,—
O, Christian, because of you and of me—
Will that black baby's soul be lost?"
—"The Brethren Evangelist"
THE BETHEL CLARION Page S
Out of MY Mind Sem Siotatch.a
By Carl Appelquist
By Bob Sandin
We will begin this brief bit of
plagarism plenipotentiary with a
few supposedly enlightening words
on the repulsive subject of puns,
commonly denounced as the lowest
possible form of social torture.
Punning has a long history and
an honorable lineage; it's an art
every person belittles in one breath
and attempts in the next. The
clever pun is always greeted with
a jeer of disapproval, a universal
groan. The groan, however, is re-ally
a tribute; it reveals the true
reaction of the listener: "I wish I
had said that!"
This universal groan was heard
last Tuesday evening in the Board-ing
Club when "Plant Disease"
Kommedahl laid this one. Some
hungry souls at the forsaken end
of the table screamed for the
creamed peas. Dear old Thor pick-ed
up the bowl and passed it on
down with this indescribable com-ment:
"Well, I guess we'll just
have to appease them." (Have you
noticed the tape on Kommedahl's
head?)
Moving into a more sedate sphere
we fined that Oliver Wendell
Holme$, too, vociferously con-demned
the punning habit, but at
the same time he was a terrific
punner himself, and apparently his
home served as a pun exchange,
for after a humorous visit Longfel-low
once made the crack, "There's
no place like Holmes'."
Shakespeare frequently used
puns to amuse the "groundlings"
and to lighten the tension of his
powerful dramas of death and dis-aster.
In Romeo and Juliet, for
example, Mercutio, who has been
stabbed, dies making this exasper-ating
remark: "Ask for me tomor-row,
and you shall find me a grave
man."
Shortly after school bells begin
ringing in the fall many and varied
are thle somewhat embarrassing
experiences of most freshmen. Let-ters
written by the country-born
college freshies are filled with de-scriptions
of "the time we took a
streetcar going the wrong way" or
"insisted upon giving the conduc-tor
a token when he kept repeat-ing
the meaningless words, Pay
leave'." By the time the second
semester has arrived, the vivid
green has worn off and most fresh-men
find their way around like
veterans.
However, I happen to be one of
those unfortunate people to whom
all streets look exactly alike. For
instance, even though I have got
off the streetcar an innumerable
number of times at Arlington and
Pascal, I still occasionally ride a
block too far. The latter is prob-ably
an inherited characteristic,
for somewhere in the dim past I
Thomas Hood is credited with
tacking this immortal bit of corn
onto a famous romantic verse . To
the lines : "The light that lies in
a woman's eyes . . . " Hood added,
"and lies and lies and lies and
lies!" Wiseacre Eugene Field once
ridiculed the Actor McCulloch's
performance of King Richard III
by smarting off: "He played the
king as if he were afraid somebody
else might play the ace."
One Sunday evening in 1879, the
Rev. Dr. Spooner of Oxford chew-ed
his tongue : "We will now sing
the hymn, ainquering Congs Their
Titles Take'." The congregation
almost went hysterical with laugh-ter—
and a new form of punning
was created, the spoonerism. In
no time flat the legend outgrew
the fact and the poor guy was sup-posed
to have complained that he
was tired of addressing "bleery
wenches," that is was "Kisstomary
to cuss the bride," that someone
was "occupewing his pie," and that
if things did not improve he would
leave Oxford by the "town drain"
to London. He was even (fasely,
of course! ! !) said to be the author
of a gardening limerick, the last
line of which suggests: "To keep
the pests off, let us spray."
In closing this little discord, let
us remember the Turk, who, meet-ing
another Turk, said he couldn't
remember his name but his fez
was familiar.
"I wish I had said that!"
And now before the police ar-rive,
we'll accentuate the period
and eliminate the corn with this
poigant, nostalgic bit of literary
wisdom:
"We can forgive those who bore
us, but not those whom we bore."
Au Revoir.
may have had some ancestors who
would responnd with "Aye, a wee
bit," when asked if they wanted a
longer ride for their money.
On a certain Monday night when
the Clarion staff was supposed to
go down to the printer's office to
set up articles according to their
proper pages I was asked to meet
Norma Seaquist at the Selby-Lake
corner. Due to an unruly drop of
acid that left its mark on my
sweater instead of my apron, I was
rather late for supper, but man-aged
to bolt my food and dash
frantically toward Pascal Street
only to see the coveted (at that
particular moment) yellow crea-ture
sneak around the corner while
I was less than half a block away.
After waiting for what seemed like
eternity, another streetcar appear-ed
and bore me to my destination,
though at about the slowest rate
ever known.
Well, things are beginning to re-turn
to normal? after the week?
of leisure? that we students? en-joyed?
for a fortnight? ago. Vaca-tions
are wonderful things, though.
I am of the opinion that Congress
should pass some sort of legisla-tion
providing longer and more fre-quent
vacations (with pay) for col-lege
students.
Residents of the dormitory have
been scattered hither and yon
since about the twenty-eighth of
March, but are one by one finding
their way back into the fold. Com-muniques
from reliable authorities
indicate that an especially enjoy-able
week was spent by several
Bethelites in the busy and windy
metropolis of Chicago. In the event
that someone desires further in-formation
regarding city life, etc.,
we refer you to our erstwhile
companion and roommate, Gil Fors-line
. . . Carl Ekstrand also spent
the week in Chicago and vicinity
. . . Lloyd Nordstrom, Harold Carl-son,
and Gene Johnson held special
meetings in Ashland, Wisconsin
. . . Harris Johnson entertained
himself in, Mankato, Minnesota,
while his roommate, George John-son,
was enjoying a vacation at
home in Marcus, Iowa . .. Ma vis-ited
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, but
returned prematurely to (quote)
"work on my thesis" (unquote) .. .
Bob Bergerud also landed in Fer-gus
Falls, via Henning . . . Bill
Peterson waited around until Mon-day
afternoon before leaving for
Muskegon, Michigan ... Bob Daley
returned home to Sioux City, Iowa
. . . Eddie Shimatsu said a fond
farewell to his mother at Heart
Mountain, Wyoming. Kay, we un-derstand,
entered the U. S. Army
on the day after Easter . . . Carl
Applequist surprised his dad in
Rockford, Illinois at 11 P. M., on
Bearing in mind my inability to
"find myself" in this city (or any
other), imagine my terror when I
failed to see the person I sought
on the corner of Selby and Lake.
Oh! Why did that drop of acid
have to spill in the first place?!
Norma had evidently thought I was
not coming and had gone on. The
only thing left for me to do was
to try to follow.
I had never gone to the printer's
before, but I could faintly recall
having heard her mention transfer-ring
on Brady's Corner. (I found
out afterwards she had said 'Ra-der's
Corner'). I bravely boarded
the Selby-Lake car in pursuit of
this particular corner which I
thought was synonymous with
Sixth and Hennepin. After I had
ridden for a least half a lifetime
(more or less, probably less), I
reached Lyndale, where the con-ductor
had told me to transfer. Be-
(Continued on page 4)
Thursday. Quoth his sire, "So,
you're home." . . . as for our at-tached
and less fortunate members
not much can be reported. Suffice
it to say that they spent an en-joyable
week with their families
instead of the usual week end . . .
others stayed on or near the cam-pus
and entertained themselves
in divers manners? Dana Larson
and Wally Peterson even took to
flying kites from the roof of the
college building in the middle of
the night.
Spring is once again in the air.
Regardless of the weather, that
season of awakenings has already
made inroads into the ranks of the
sem's bachelors. The most , out-standing
case has been that of the
well-known southern planter, John
Agee, who managed somehow to
remain free as a kid all winter
long, but who has recently taken a
turn for the worse, and has drop-ped
with a dull thud from our
number. We've given up all hope
for John. He was one of our strong-est
numbers, but is now beyond
recall. Well, they say: it happens
to the best of them.
Sena SfrtaiciteA
By Marianne Schouweiler
We got spring . . . and Mabs set
out to make her new spring bon-net.
Meanwhile, Jackie found valid
reasons for spending many even-ing
hours at the college building.
Neither Betty Nyman nor Doris
Engwall have been looking lone-some
lately.
The janitor force used their new
found ambition to court-martial the
lone gal on the staff with the
Spray Brite. (Paid adv.)
Three brave gals invited two
brave boys and one not-so-brave
boy to a 6:30 breakfast at Como.
(They said it was fine if you like
soot and eggs, buns sans butter,
and black soffee.)
Ginghams and prints were blos-soming
forth—even though Janie
refused to wear her broomstick
skirt.
And then we got snow . . . and
those short - sighted individuals
who took their heavy coats home
(need new glasses, Alice?) got
cold. We wouldn't say it was Gayle,
but someone like her suggested we
all go out and play "pie." And
always we have with us those who
use the • slightest excuse to get
their recreation in the seminary
volleyball games. The weather
also necessitated our quick return
to our thin-elbowed sweaters. Hope
next year spring lasts two weeks.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Prospects
Good For
Bethel Nine '
With the return of favorable wea-ther,
Bethel's baseball team has
turned once again to the business
of putting out a winning combina-tion.
This task is not, however, as
easy as it sounds, for with no ar-rangements
made in class sched-ules
for an athletic program, it be-comes
a major problem to find an
hour at which all of the players
can practice. Laboratory classes
interfere, and classes in the semi-nary
sometimes continue until 4:30
P. M., with the result that the all-important
question of "When can
we practice?" (which was also a
pressing one during the basketball
season) is once again presenting
itself.
However, the prospects of a no-torious
Bethel nine are not as dim
as they might be. Returning from
previous Bethel teams are: Roland
Gustafson, who is showing forth
experience and ability behind the
plate; Clarence Sahlin, whose field-ing
at shortstop position has been
a tight spot in early practice ses-sions;
Gene Nyman, not exception-ally
potent at the bat, but an out-standing
first baseman neverthe-less;
and Harris Youngquist, who
is expected to provide experience
for Bethel's trio of gardeners. Bill
Peterson and Wes .Lindbolm, last
year's starting hurlers, are back
again this spring, and although no
other promising moundsmen have
presented themselves as yet, these
two should provide the team with
an able pitching staff. Further ex-perience
has been added to the
outfield in the person of Coach
Paul Edwards, star left fielder at
Green Bay High School, Wiscon-sin,
who, although ineligible by
Minnesota Junior College Confer-ence
rules for basketball competi-tion,
is permitted to participate in
the national pastime. Other prom-ising
players are Eddy, Nelson, Da-ley,
Shido, Sandin, and Germany.
No definite schedule has as yet
been arranged, but games with
such teams as Concordia, Luther,
Bethany, and Augsburg are to be
played. Your support at these con-tests
would be appreciated, and
may mean the difference between
victory and defeat for our boys.
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PRINTING
THAT SATISFIES
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Registration for the ping-pong
tournament, sponsored by the
fershman class, is still under way.
The tournament will be held as
soon as registration of the partici-pants
is completed. Blanks for
registration have been placed on
the bulletin boards in both the
seminary and college.
Singles will be held for players
of both sexes. Men's and women's
doubles are to be played if a suffi-cient
number of entries have been
obtained in these classifications.
As yet no mixed double entries
have been posted.
Among those who have signed
are Mabel Anderson, last season's •
women's champion, and Walfred
Peterson, winner of the men's tour-nament.
VOLLEY BALL
Considerable interest has again
been aroused in volley ball. The
games are informal contests, which
are generally played after lunch,
or late in the evening.
In past years, the game has been
very popular with the male stu-dents
of the dormitory.
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2—Auto Repairing
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SNELLING and BREDA
Reconditioning of the tennis
court has been underway since the
week previous to the sprihg vaca-tion.
Fine gravel has been applied
to the clay surface of the court.
Weather condition have hamper-ed
completion of the work, but it
is expected that the court will be
'ready for use as soon as the weath-er
permits playing.
As yet no definite plan for inter-mural
tournament has been made.
The inter-school competition of pre-war
days has been discontinued,
and it is unlikely that Bethel will
organize a team in this field.
(Continued from page 3.)
ing somewhat uncertain as to the
correctness of my Brady's Corner
theory, I decided to call the dormi-tory
to find out just where the
printer's office is. I should have
known better than to attempt call-ing
the dorm, for anyone who has
ever tried it knows that the only
reply is the intermittent buzz, me-chanically
saying, "Too bad. The
line is busy."
As a last resort, I called the sem-inary
and learned that the printer
I sought was the Anderson Printer
at 43rd Street and 34th Avenue. I
"Direct Your Feet to
Pete's Retreat"
—Where Students and
Faculty Meet Around
the Coffee Cup.
HAMLINE
HARDWARE CO.
General Hardware
F. 0. Hagen J. W. Hagen
755 N. Snelling Ave., St. Paul
LINCOLN 5c-10c $1.
And Up
Larpenteur and Snelling
Stationery—Drugs—Notions
Gifts—Candy—Cosmetics
was told to take the next Selby-
Lake car which proved to be the
one I had just got oft. I'm glad no
one was around to see the hue of
my face when the conductor asked,
"Weren't you going to Sixth and
Hennepin?" and I had to admit
that I had been—once. By that
time I had forgotten whether the
printer's shop was located on 34th
Avenue or 34th Street but I took a
guess and asked him how to get
there. He pondered for some time
and then asked me whether I said
43rd Street and 34th Avenue or
43rd Avenue and 34th Stret, and,
of course, I didn't know either.
He thought it must be the latter
(probably because it was easier to
direct me there). I got off and
walked the 7 prescribed blocks.
Each step seemed to take me far-ther
from civilization for the hous-es
became more unkept and dismal
looking the farther I went. In
that rapidly diminishing twilight,
in which it was easy to imagine
seeing all sorts of figures lurking
in the shadows, I failed to find a
building that even resembled a
printer's shop, so I turned and al-most
fled back to the streetcar line.
It was now so late that it would
have been useless to try to get to
the printer's office in time to help,
so I took the next car going toward
home. Thinking that I had a long
ride before me, I made myself as
comfortable as possible and began
retracing mentally the events of
the evening. Before I knew it, we
were going through a tunnel and
my heart sank, as I suspected I
had ridden too far, for I knew I
hadn't gone through a tunnel on
the way over. My fears were con-firmed
when the conductor called
out, "Seven Corners." For once it
hadn't paid to try to get a longer
ride for my money, for now I'd
have to spend another token to get
home. Not knowing what else to
do, I got off and asked what car to
take to get to the Como-Harriet
line. You can be sure I didn't over-ride
my destination this time, be-cause
I had run out of tokens so
I simply had to get home.
I finally saw the welcome sight
of Arlington a n d Pascal a n d
promptly got out. What an even-ing!
I had ridden three and one-half
hours, spent six tokens and
had gotten nowhere—all because I
had missed that six o'clock Snell-ing
car, due to one little drop of
acid!
SPRING EXERCISE
PING-PONG TENNIS

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By Gene Nyman
THE BETHEL CLARION Vol. XXIV — No. 8
BETHEL ,,INSTITUTE, St. Paul, Minnesota
April 11, 1945
STUDENTS RESUME ALUMNI BANQUET
WORK ON SPIRE TO BE FRIDAY 13th
"Sales Must Increase
Says Editor
The production of the '45 Spire
is again underway. Enough ob-jection
to the cessation of work
was made by the student body to
warrant its completion. William
McBirnie and Gerald Smith, who
have had much experience in pub-lication
work, are assisting in the
business administration and the
subscription campaign.
Pictures of the various student
groups will be taken next Wednes-day.
Students will be allowed to
leave class according to the picture
schedule.
The written material for the book
is almost completed. However, one
hundred per cent student coopera-tion
is still a requisite to the
book's publication. Unless sales
for the book and contracts for ad-vertising
come in more rapidly in
the next week, the situation will
again demand stoppage of work.
If students wish to sell Spires
consult Bill Thompson. Advertis-ing
is managed by Bill Peterson.
To quote the editor, "It is diffi-cult
to have confidence in promises
without works."
Ex-Gambler
Speaks
Tuesday, March 27, the freshmen
presented a talent program in the
colllege chapel featuring Mr. Paul
Ebling, an ex-gambler, as guest
speaker.
The evening of entertainment
opened with a five-piece orchestra
from the college, composed of Na-thalie
Anderson, Bob Nelson, Mary
Lou Rademacher, Neva Liljemark,
and Doris J. Johnson, playing "The
Battle Hymn of the Republic." The
orchestra accompanied the group in
community singing which was led
by Bill Peterson, and also played
"El Rancho Grande," requested by
Lorene Jansson.
Bob Daley, acting as master of
ceremonies, introduced Neva Lilje-mark
who sang "Indian Love Call."
MaeBelle Anderson gave a mono-logue
dramatizing a scene between
Harold Carlson and Jane Larson.
Other special numbers included
trumpet solos by Bob Nelson, a
number by the girls' trio, and a pi-ano
solo by Nathalie Anderson.
Mr. Eblings, who is a member of
the First Baptist Church of Minne-apolis,
revealed various tricks and
devices used by professional gam-blers.
The climax of his message
was a stirring appeal for all the
listeners to bear a positive, vital
Christian testimony.
Arian Chorus
PlansConcerts
Friday, April, 13, the thirty-seven
voice Arian Chorus will sing at the
Alumni Banquet in the college cha-pel.
Definite plans have been made
for a trip to Cambridge Saturday,
April 21, where they will sing at a
Singpiration which will be held in
the High School Auditorium and
will be sponsored by the churches
of Isanti county. Other plans are
being made for more appearances
and these, as yet, are tentative.
Some of the numbers which the
Arian Chorus will present are:
"Were You There?" arr. by H. T.
Burleigh, "Every Time I Feel the
Spirit" arr. by Wm. Henry Smith,
"Let Us All With Gladsome Voice"
by Langhans, "No Candle was
There and No Fire," by Gostling,
and "The Lord's Prayer" by Ma-lotte.
To date, the chorus has sung at
the First Swedish Baptist Church
in Minneapolis during the meetings
of Founder's Week, at the St. Paul
Singspiration in Stem Hall, and at
the First Covenant Church in St.
Paul for the evening services on
Palm Sunday.
(I never dreamed I'd ever qual-ify
as a poor man's Dorothy Dix.
I can remember when I was not at
all interested in girls—then I
started kindergarten. I recall dad
catching me sneaking a look in the
ladies' section of the Montgomery
Ward catalogue. He blistered my
trousers and from that time on my
standing was assured.)
Now that banquet season is ap-proaching
it is advisable that
men's attention be called to cer-tain
rules of etiquette. A date is
of prime consideration. Of course
the approach is most important. If
you know the girl already, the bat-tle
is half won. Otherwise it is
savoir faire (French for correct
form) to wangle an introduction
from a mutual friend. It is neces-sary
to remember who should be
introduced to whom. It is coup
d'etat (French for correct form) to
present the gentleman to the lady.
Some notable exceptions are the
President of the United States, the
Maharajah of Indore, a prospective
customer, and the owner of a "C"
card.
Bethel Servicees
Visit Campus
Lieutenant and Mrs. G1 e n
(Shine) Swanson visited Bethel on
Wednesday, April 4. Shine gradu-ated
from Marine Officers' Candi-date
School on March 28, and re-turned
to the cities where, on
March 31, he was united in mar-riage
to Miss Margaret Erickson
of Brainerd, Minnesota. The new-lyweds
are to be stationed at Camp
Le Jeune, North Carolina.
Robert Nelson, S1/c, visited Be-thel
Wednesday and Thursday,
April 4 and 5. He has completed
his training in the Aircrewman
Branch of the Navy Air Corps and
has transferred into V-5. His Flor-ida
tan was ample proof of the
summer temperature there. It was
94 degrees in Jacksonville on
March 28.
Bob was very enthusiastic about
plans to start a Youth for Christ
Rally in Jacksonville. He has been
using his nightly liberties doing
secretarial work in the Baptist
church there.
If you are doing the introducing
and can't remember a name, ren-der
something like "Miss Fuss-mugwump"
as if you had a mouth-ful
of mush, together with a mum-bled
emphasis upon any syllable. It
is qu' importe (French for correct
form) for your friend to request
you to repeat her name. If he does
—well, let him get his own date.
If you have no mutual friend
you may be able to effect an ac-quaintanceship
by offering to carry
her books, by your skill at marbles
or handsprings, or by tripping her
neatly. (Use last method only in
emergencies.)
. . . . This should help break the
ice. I hope to help you further by
dealing in future articles with such
matters as telephone etiquette,
calling cards, and the meanings of
flowers. Bishop Coxe states it so
beautifullly in "The Singing of
Birds," (and I quote verbatim):
"Flowers are words which even a
babe may understand."
(I think he meant baby.)
Dr. Ernest Smith
Chosen Guest Speaken
The annual Bethel Alumni Asso-ciation
Banquet will be held Friday
evening, April thirteenth, in the
Junior College chapel, beginning at
seven o'clock.
The program committee, headed
by Robert- Otto, is busy preparing
a very interesting evening for all
who plan to attend.
They are literally "turning the
tables" upon the unlucky day on
which the banquet falls, and are
using as their theme, BLAST THE
BOGUS.
Dr. Ernest Smith, a graduate of
Northern Baptist Seminary and a
former army chaplain, who is at
present the president of Sioux
Falls College, has been secured as
the main speaker for the occasion.
Dr. Smith is a young, versatile and
energetic personality with a dyna-mic
message for youth.
Other special numbers on the
program thus far include numbers
by the Arian Chorus and trumpet
selections by Bob Nelson.
Tickets for the dinner are $1.45
per plate and are on sale in the
main office of the college building.
In past years, the attendance at
these banquets has numbered be-tween
one hundred and fifty to two
hundred. This year, however, with
all friends and students not only
invited, but urged to attend, it is
hoped to bring that total attend-ance
to three hundred or more.
Two Bethel
Girls Wed
On March 21, Miss Grace Lar-son,
who attended Bethel the first
semester of this year, was united
in marriage to Robert Sturm, USN,
at Clatskanie, Oregon. The can-dlelight
ceremony, which took
place at the Baptist Church, was
performed by the bride's father;
Rev. Ole Larson. After a short
leave, the groom left for Richmond
California, for re-assignment and
the bride returned to Seattle.
Another Bethelite, Miss Juanita
Barfknecht was married March 2
to Corporal Anthony L. Sabetti at
the post chapel at Camp Maxey,
Texas, where he is stationed. The
couple are making their home at
Paris, Texas.
I/
"Tbe 'Korb 35 ,ftip bepberb"
By Robert Hails
THE BETHEL CLARION
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BETHEL INSTITUTE
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2. To promote scholarship.
3. To foster more school spirit.
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Page 2 THE BETHEL CLARION
"The Lord is my Shepherd"—
Thus began the comforting words
of the Psalmist read on this par-ticular
afternoon.
One of the faithful saints of the
church was suffering terribly from
a fatal stroke. She was ashen of
face, paralyzed from the waist
down, in a state of semi-conscious-ness,
and very near the gates of
death. Her roving eyes failed to
focus on her past, though she rec-ognized
his voice. Suddenly there
registered in her turbulent mind
and heart these words, "The Lord
is my Shepherd."
Her moaning ceased, all irration-al
utterances were quieted; and
with a peaceful smile upon her
face she listened to the remaining
words of this chapter. And when
he finished she was resting quiet-ly.
Why did these five words still
the tempest? Why did they bring
such peace to a dying woman? Be-cause
these words were part of a
dying Christian's life.
Support
The 7th
War Loan
Every dollar put away in war
bonds during April, May and June
will count toward the war bond
quota of the 7th War loan and will
count mightily in the drive for vic-tory.
It is a big quota because it
is a big war, but there will be only
two war loan drives in 1945. That
means that in this 7th war loan
more bonds must be purchased
than ever before.
Remember every dollar invested
in war bonds is helping to pay for
the planes, tanks, ships, ammuni-tion,
and the important medical and
hospital supplies to bring the boys
back quickly so that they may
share the plans and hopes of the
post-war world. Remember, too,
that war bonds -are designed to
play an important part in the fu-ture
as well as the present.
For the past three years you
have been investing in the bonds,
especially designed for your pro-tection,
for behind the bonds is the
guaranteie of the United States
government. In a message to war
bond purchasers, the Secretary of
the. Treasury stated, "I can assure
you that the government will stand
back of the bond and fulfill every
provision in it. It will be paid pre-cisely
and exactly according to the
terms under which it was issued."
The Lord was her Shepherd. The
Prince of Peace, the King of Kings,
the Bread of Life had become to a
little pain-stricken lady, a living
Shepherd.
The Lord was her Shepherd. She
knew Him; had walked and talked
with Him; and had sat at His feet.
He was her "mother of comfort,"
and in this trial He belonged to
her.
Then, too, the Lord was her
Shepherd. It was He who bound
her wounds. It was He who carried
her as a lamb back to the fold. It
was His rod and staff that would
comfort her in the "valley of the
s h a do w of death," Christian
Friends.
Yes, some day this dying Saint's
experience will be yours and mine.
When we are at the end of Life's
road and are ready to plunge into
the dark abyss of Death, what a
, comfort it will then be to peace-fully
rest and say, "The Lord is
my Shepherd."
From the
Editor's
Mail Box
I just finished reading your last
copy. I am glad you came back.
I was just about to ask my hus-band
if they had quit printing you.
You see, I'm not a "Bethelite ;" but
rather a "Bethelite's" wife. How-ever,
I enjoy you very much. Don't
let them neglect you again.
I am thankful to God, my Sa-viour,
that my husband is a stu-dent
at Bethel. When he comes
home and tells of the many bless-ings
he recives at school I wish I
were attending also. I am a Bethel
booster.
You are about the only scource
I have of knowing what happens
over there. You see my husband
is too busy with translating of Ger-man
or looking for birds to say
much about what happens. Please
keep coming.
Sincerely,
Colossians 2:5-7
Keep buying bonds and hold
them to maturity for they are de-signed
to favor those who hold
them the longest. Save now for the
needs of post-war days by pur-chasing
war bonds in the 7th War
Loan.
In Jorhat, Assam, there is a Bap-tist
school to train-native workers
to bring to their own people the
Lord Jesus Christ, and His power
to save people from sin.
Dr. and Mrs. Cook are supervis-ors
of the school. Dr. Cook is still
on the field but Mrs. Cook is here
at home. She is residing in the
district that is served by student
pastor Joel Anderson.
Although the school is equipped
to accommodate many, there are
few students because of lack of
money with which to pay the fees
charged by the school.
There are no business concerns
like Montgomery Ward, American
Can, Walgreens, or Snyders where
students are able to secure employ-ment
as the students here at Be-thel
may. The obstacle, then, is
money to be used as payment for
tuition, board, room, and so on.
This obstacle seemed insurmount-able,
but Dr. and Mrs. Cook had
enough faith to ask God to make
it possible for these natives to come
to school to receive instruction in
winning souls into the Kingdom
of God.
At the same time that Dr. and
Mrs. Cook were asking God to help
in this matter, God was speaking
to students at Bethel and students
responded by starting a fund to be
used by the natives of Jorhat who
are called by God to be ministers
of the Gospel to their own people.
The situation may be illustrated
by two cliffs with a canyon be-tween
them. There is no bridge to
connect them, but one could be con-structed.
Let's construct this bridge -
to Jorhat by giving generously to
the Missionary Band when we are
requested to, for it is through the
Missionary Band that Bethel in Jor-hat
can be firmly established. Sure -
ly we here at Bethel want to share
with others the Gospel message.
Missionary Band is giving us an
opportunity to express our attitude
toward missionary outreach. Let's
express our attitudes eagerly.
—William Thompson.
A little black baby was born today
In a far-off heathen land;
And, the mother's heart was tender and warm
As she kissed the tiny black hand,
A little white baby was born today, f
With rose-petal hands and feet—
A precious baby to cherish and love,
A baby kept safe and sweet.
Two little babies were born today,
Two small new souls came to earth;
Black and white, in our Lord's eyes
Their souls are of equal worth.
But the little black baby was born into filth,
Into ignorance and disease;
And the little dark eyes will look early on sin.
Will we sit at home at our ease
While the little black baby grows into a man,
And sinks into vice and shame,
And comes at last to the end of his days,
And never has heard the Name—
The Name that saves—the Name that redeems?
Because we counted the cost,—
O, Christian, because of you and of me—
Will that black baby's soul be lost?"
—"The Brethren Evangelist"
THE BETHEL CLARION Page S
Out of MY Mind Sem Siotatch.a
By Carl Appelquist
By Bob Sandin
We will begin this brief bit of
plagarism plenipotentiary with a
few supposedly enlightening words
on the repulsive subject of puns,
commonly denounced as the lowest
possible form of social torture.
Punning has a long history and
an honorable lineage; it's an art
every person belittles in one breath
and attempts in the next. The
clever pun is always greeted with
a jeer of disapproval, a universal
groan. The groan, however, is re-ally
a tribute; it reveals the true
reaction of the listener: "I wish I
had said that!"
This universal groan was heard
last Tuesday evening in the Board-ing
Club when "Plant Disease"
Kommedahl laid this one. Some
hungry souls at the forsaken end
of the table screamed for the
creamed peas. Dear old Thor pick-ed
up the bowl and passed it on
down with this indescribable com-ment:
"Well, I guess we'll just
have to appease them." (Have you
noticed the tape on Kommedahl's
head?)
Moving into a more sedate sphere
we fined that Oliver Wendell
Holme$, too, vociferously con-demned
the punning habit, but at
the same time he was a terrific
punner himself, and apparently his
home served as a pun exchange,
for after a humorous visit Longfel-low
once made the crack, "There's
no place like Holmes'."
Shakespeare frequently used
puns to amuse the "groundlings"
and to lighten the tension of his
powerful dramas of death and dis-aster.
In Romeo and Juliet, for
example, Mercutio, who has been
stabbed, dies making this exasper-ating
remark: "Ask for me tomor-row,
and you shall find me a grave
man."
Shortly after school bells begin
ringing in the fall many and varied
are thle somewhat embarrassing
experiences of most freshmen. Let-ters
written by the country-born
college freshies are filled with de-scriptions
of "the time we took a
streetcar going the wrong way" or
"insisted upon giving the conduc-tor
a token when he kept repeat-ing
the meaningless words, Pay
leave'." By the time the second
semester has arrived, the vivid
green has worn off and most fresh-men
find their way around like
veterans.
However, I happen to be one of
those unfortunate people to whom
all streets look exactly alike. For
instance, even though I have got
off the streetcar an innumerable
number of times at Arlington and
Pascal, I still occasionally ride a
block too far. The latter is prob-ably
an inherited characteristic,
for somewhere in the dim past I
Thomas Hood is credited with
tacking this immortal bit of corn
onto a famous romantic verse . To
the lines : "The light that lies in
a woman's eyes . . . " Hood added,
"and lies and lies and lies and
lies!" Wiseacre Eugene Field once
ridiculed the Actor McCulloch's
performance of King Richard III
by smarting off: "He played the
king as if he were afraid somebody
else might play the ace."
One Sunday evening in 1879, the
Rev. Dr. Spooner of Oxford chew-ed
his tongue : "We will now sing
the hymn, ainquering Congs Their
Titles Take'." The congregation
almost went hysterical with laugh-ter—
and a new form of punning
was created, the spoonerism. In
no time flat the legend outgrew
the fact and the poor guy was sup-posed
to have complained that he
was tired of addressing "bleery
wenches," that is was "Kisstomary
to cuss the bride," that someone
was "occupewing his pie," and that
if things did not improve he would
leave Oxford by the "town drain"
to London. He was even (fasely,
of course! ! !) said to be the author
of a gardening limerick, the last
line of which suggests: "To keep
the pests off, let us spray."
In closing this little discord, let
us remember the Turk, who, meet-ing
another Turk, said he couldn't
remember his name but his fez
was familiar.
"I wish I had said that!"
And now before the police ar-rive,
we'll accentuate the period
and eliminate the corn with this
poigant, nostalgic bit of literary
wisdom:
"We can forgive those who bore
us, but not those whom we bore."
Au Revoir.
may have had some ancestors who
would responnd with "Aye, a wee
bit," when asked if they wanted a
longer ride for their money.
On a certain Monday night when
the Clarion staff was supposed to
go down to the printer's office to
set up articles according to their
proper pages I was asked to meet
Norma Seaquist at the Selby-Lake
corner. Due to an unruly drop of
acid that left its mark on my
sweater instead of my apron, I was
rather late for supper, but man-aged
to bolt my food and dash
frantically toward Pascal Street
only to see the coveted (at that
particular moment) yellow crea-ture
sneak around the corner while
I was less than half a block away.
After waiting for what seemed like
eternity, another streetcar appear-ed
and bore me to my destination,
though at about the slowest rate
ever known.
Well, things are beginning to re-turn
to normal? after the week?
of leisure? that we students? en-joyed?
for a fortnight? ago. Vaca-tions
are wonderful things, though.
I am of the opinion that Congress
should pass some sort of legisla-tion
providing longer and more fre-quent
vacations (with pay) for col-lege
students.
Residents of the dormitory have
been scattered hither and yon
since about the twenty-eighth of
March, but are one by one finding
their way back into the fold. Com-muniques
from reliable authorities
indicate that an especially enjoy-able
week was spent by several
Bethelites in the busy and windy
metropolis of Chicago. In the event
that someone desires further in-formation
regarding city life, etc.,
we refer you to our erstwhile
companion and roommate, Gil Fors-line
. . . Carl Ekstrand also spent
the week in Chicago and vicinity
. . . Lloyd Nordstrom, Harold Carl-son,
and Gene Johnson held special
meetings in Ashland, Wisconsin
. . . Harris Johnson entertained
himself in, Mankato, Minnesota,
while his roommate, George John-son,
was enjoying a vacation at
home in Marcus, Iowa . .. Ma vis-ited
Fergus Falls, Minnesota, but
returned prematurely to (quote)
"work on my thesis" (unquote) .. .
Bob Bergerud also landed in Fer-gus
Falls, via Henning . . . Bill
Peterson waited around until Mon-day
afternoon before leaving for
Muskegon, Michigan ... Bob Daley
returned home to Sioux City, Iowa
. . . Eddie Shimatsu said a fond
farewell to his mother at Heart
Mountain, Wyoming. Kay, we un-derstand,
entered the U. S. Army
on the day after Easter . . . Carl
Applequist surprised his dad in
Rockford, Illinois at 11 P. M., on
Bearing in mind my inability to
"find myself" in this city (or any
other), imagine my terror when I
failed to see the person I sought
on the corner of Selby and Lake.
Oh! Why did that drop of acid
have to spill in the first place?!
Norma had evidently thought I was
not coming and had gone on. The
only thing left for me to do was
to try to follow.
I had never gone to the printer's
before, but I could faintly recall
having heard her mention transfer-ring
on Brady's Corner. (I found
out afterwards she had said 'Ra-der's
Corner'). I bravely boarded
the Selby-Lake car in pursuit of
this particular corner which I
thought was synonymous with
Sixth and Hennepin. After I had
ridden for a least half a lifetime
(more or less, probably less), I
reached Lyndale, where the con-ductor
had told me to transfer. Be-
(Continued on page 4)
Thursday. Quoth his sire, "So,
you're home." . . . as for our at-tached
and less fortunate members
not much can be reported. Suffice
it to say that they spent an en-joyable
week with their families
instead of the usual week end . . .
others stayed on or near the cam-pus
and entertained themselves
in divers manners? Dana Larson
and Wally Peterson even took to
flying kites from the roof of the
college building in the middle of
the night.
Spring is once again in the air.
Regardless of the weather, that
season of awakenings has already
made inroads into the ranks of the
sem's bachelors. The most , out-standing
case has been that of the
well-known southern planter, John
Agee, who managed somehow to
remain free as a kid all winter
long, but who has recently taken a
turn for the worse, and has drop-ped
with a dull thud from our
number. We've given up all hope
for John. He was one of our strong-est
numbers, but is now beyond
recall. Well, they say: it happens
to the best of them.
Sena SfrtaiciteA
By Marianne Schouweiler
We got spring . . . and Mabs set
out to make her new spring bon-net.
Meanwhile, Jackie found valid
reasons for spending many even-ing
hours at the college building.
Neither Betty Nyman nor Doris
Engwall have been looking lone-some
lately.
The janitor force used their new
found ambition to court-martial the
lone gal on the staff with the
Spray Brite. (Paid adv.)
Three brave gals invited two
brave boys and one not-so-brave
boy to a 6:30 breakfast at Como.
(They said it was fine if you like
soot and eggs, buns sans butter,
and black soffee.)
Ginghams and prints were blos-soming
forth—even though Janie
refused to wear her broomstick
skirt.
And then we got snow . . . and
those short - sighted individuals
who took their heavy coats home
(need new glasses, Alice?) got
cold. We wouldn't say it was Gayle,
but someone like her suggested we
all go out and play "pie." And
always we have with us those who
use the • slightest excuse to get
their recreation in the seminary
volleyball games. The weather
also necessitated our quick return
to our thin-elbowed sweaters. Hope
next year spring lasts two weeks.
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Page 4 THE BETHEL CLARION
Prospects
Good For
Bethel Nine '
With the return of favorable wea-ther,
Bethel's baseball team has
turned once again to the business
of putting out a winning combina-tion.
This task is not, however, as
easy as it sounds, for with no ar-rangements
made in class sched-ules
for an athletic program, it be-comes
a major problem to find an
hour at which all of the players
can practice. Laboratory classes
interfere, and classes in the semi-nary
sometimes continue until 4:30
P. M., with the result that the all-important
question of "When can
we practice?" (which was also a
pressing one during the basketball
season) is once again presenting
itself.
However, the prospects of a no-torious
Bethel nine are not as dim
as they might be. Returning from
previous Bethel teams are: Roland
Gustafson, who is showing forth
experience and ability behind the
plate; Clarence Sahlin, whose field-ing
at shortstop position has been
a tight spot in early practice ses-sions;
Gene Nyman, not exception-ally
potent at the bat, but an out-standing
first baseman neverthe-less;
and Harris Youngquist, who
is expected to provide experience
for Bethel's trio of gardeners. Bill
Peterson and Wes .Lindbolm, last
year's starting hurlers, are back
again this spring, and although no
other promising moundsmen have
presented themselves as yet, these
two should provide the team with
an able pitching staff. Further ex-perience
has been added to the
outfield in the person of Coach
Paul Edwards, star left fielder at
Green Bay High School, Wiscon-sin,
who, although ineligible by
Minnesota Junior College Confer-ence
rules for basketball competi-tion,
is permitted to participate in
the national pastime. Other prom-ising
players are Eddy, Nelson, Da-ley,
Shido, Sandin, and Germany.
No definite schedule has as yet
been arranged, but games with
such teams as Concordia, Luther,
Bethany, and Augsburg are to be
played. Your support at these con-tests
would be appreciated, and
may mean the difference between
victory and defeat for our boys.
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Registration for the ping-pong
tournament, sponsored by the
fershman class, is still under way.
The tournament will be held as
soon as registration of the partici-pants
is completed. Blanks for
registration have been placed on
the bulletin boards in both the
seminary and college.
Singles will be held for players
of both sexes. Men's and women's
doubles are to be played if a suffi-cient
number of entries have been
obtained in these classifications.
As yet no mixed double entries
have been posted.
Among those who have signed
are Mabel Anderson, last season's •
women's champion, and Walfred
Peterson, winner of the men's tour-nament.
VOLLEY BALL
Considerable interest has again
been aroused in volley ball. The
games are informal contests, which
are generally played after lunch,
or late in the evening.
In past years, the game has been
very popular with the male stu-dents
of the dormitory.
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Reconditioning of the tennis
court has been underway since the
week previous to the sprihg vaca-tion.
Fine gravel has been applied
to the clay surface of the court.
Weather condition have hamper-ed
completion of the work, but it
is expected that the court will be
'ready for use as soon as the weath-er
permits playing.
As yet no definite plan for inter-mural
tournament has been made.
The inter-school competition of pre-war
days has been discontinued,
and it is unlikely that Bethel will
organize a team in this field.
(Continued from page 3.)
ing somewhat uncertain as to the
correctness of my Brady's Corner
theory, I decided to call the dormi-tory
to find out just where the
printer's office is. I should have
known better than to attempt call-ing
the dorm, for anyone who has
ever tried it knows that the only
reply is the intermittent buzz, me-chanically
saying, "Too bad. The
line is busy."
As a last resort, I called the sem-inary
and learned that the printer
I sought was the Anderson Printer
at 43rd Street and 34th Avenue. I
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was told to take the next Selby-
Lake car which proved to be the
one I had just got oft. I'm glad no
one was around to see the hue of
my face when the conductor asked,
"Weren't you going to Sixth and
Hennepin?" and I had to admit
that I had been—once. By that
time I had forgotten whether the
printer's shop was located on 34th
Avenue or 34th Street but I took a
guess and asked him how to get
there. He pondered for some time
and then asked me whether I said
43rd Street and 34th Avenue or
43rd Avenue and 34th Stret, and,
of course, I didn't know either.
He thought it must be the latter
(probably because it was easier to
direct me there). I got off and
walked the 7 prescribed blocks.
Each step seemed to take me far-ther
from civilization for the hous-es
became more unkept and dismal
looking the farther I went. In
that rapidly diminishing twilight,
in which it was easy to imagine
seeing all sorts of figures lurking
in the shadows, I failed to find a
building that even resembled a
printer's shop, so I turned and al-most
fled back to the streetcar line.
It was now so late that it would
have been useless to try to get to
the printer's office in time to help,
so I took the next car going toward
home. Thinking that I had a long
ride before me, I made myself as
comfortable as possible and began
retracing mentally the events of
the evening. Before I knew it, we
were going through a tunnel and
my heart sank, as I suspected I
had ridden too far, for I knew I
hadn't gone through a tunnel on
the way over. My fears were con-firmed
when the conductor called
out, "Seven Corners." For once it
hadn't paid to try to get a longer
ride for my money, for now I'd
have to spend another token to get
home. Not knowing what else to
do, I got off and asked what car to
take to get to the Como-Harriet
line. You can be sure I didn't over-ride
my destination this time, be-cause
I had run out of tokens so
I simply had to get home.
I finally saw the welcome sight
of Arlington a n d Pascal a n d
promptly got out. What an even-ing!
I had ridden three and one-half
hours, spent six tokens and
had gotten nowhere—all because I
had missed that six o'clock Snell-ing
car, due to one little drop of
acid!
SPRING EXERCISE
PING-PONG TENNIS